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University of Texas System
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A large Texas public university system with academic campuses, health institutions, research, and major endowment power. The University of Texas System earns public-university credit, but regent control, tuition obligations, medical and animal-research exposure, fossil-linked wealth, and state-policy pressure keep it in the middle.
Why this matters: UT System is a major public-system comparator where public mission, endowment power, oil wealth, and political governance intersect.
Letter grade D Extractive High confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
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Evaluation Overview
D - Extractive
The score turns mainly on Ownership, with the largest penalty coming from Animal Testing.
Strengths
- Ownership6/10
- Extraction6/10
- Solidarity with the Unemployed6/7
Penalties
- Animal Testing-5
- Ecological Harm-4
- Accountability Opacity-2
- Ideological Disavowal-2
Evidence state
- ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)
- ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
- Linked claims15
- Direct axis claims15
- Coverage15/15
Scoring Axes
| Axis | Score | Why this score |
|---|---|---|
Ownership
?
Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control
at 10.
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6 / 10 |
University of Texas System's public record identifies it as a public, private nonprofit, for-profit, community-college, land-grant, or online higher-education institution. Linked evidence
|
Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
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5 / 10 |
University of Texas System's public record gives limited direct evidence about whether binding authority sits with regents, trustees, elected/public bodies, governors, executives, or private owners rather than with students and ordinary workers. Linked evidence
|
Extraction
?
Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
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6 / 10 |
University of Texas System's tuition, fee, aid, no-tuition, or online-pricing model determines how much education cost is shifted to students and families versus absorbed by public subsidy, endowment, donors, or the institution. Linked evidence
|
Labor Sovereignty
?
Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at
7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence
shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling,
retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of
worker voice, or extreme turnover.
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5 / 7 |
University of Texas System's public governance materials do not show ordinary faculty, staff, or student workers holding full binding democratic control over the institution. Linked evidence
|
Solidarity with the
Unemployed
?
Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
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6 / 7 |
University of Texas System's access model affects people seeking credentials, retraining, transfer pathways, career mobility, or adult education during economically vulnerable periods. Linked evidence
|
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
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5 / 7 |
University of Texas System's public model shows whether the institution absorbs education cost through public subsidy, endowment, philanthropy, or low tuition, or instead passes risk to students through tuition bills and debt exposure. Linked evidence
|
Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
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4 / 5 |
University of Texas System operates in credential markets where students face asymmetric information, switching costs, sunk credits, admissions pressure, and debt-financed purchasing decisions. Linked evidence
|
Product Integrity
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Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
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5 / 5 |
University of Texas System's core service has real education, research, transfer, workforce, medical, or public-service value, but integrity depends on access, quality, cost, academic freedom, and student outcomes. Linked evidence
|
Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
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5 / 5 |
University of Texas System's scale makes its decisions consequential for students, workers, public budgets, local communities, patients, research subjects, or credential markets. Linked evidence
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Penalties
| Penalty | Applied | Why this penalty |
|---|---|---|
Ecological Harm
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Footprint, trajectory, irreversibility, culpability, and scale,
including whether ecological harm is central to the model and continued
after credible notice. Range: -30 to 0.
|
-4 |
University of Texas System's public record makes Ecological Harm relevant through affordability, public governance, no-tuition structure, student debt exposure, animal research, campus… Linked evidence
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Policy Capture
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Private-interest attempts to bend law, regulation, subsidies, taxes,
enforcement, trade, labor, safety, competition, environmental,
healthcare, housing, surveillance, civil-liberties, or consumer policy
against workers, customers, citizens, affected communities, or
ecological life. Public-interest advocacy is not penalized merely
because it is lobbying. Range: -15 to 0.
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-1 |
University of Texas System's public record makes Policy Capture relevant through affordability, public governance, no-tuition structure, student debt exposure, animal research, campus… Linked evidence
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Animal Testing
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Direct animal testing, contract animal testing, animal-testing-dependent
product development, or business lines where current safety/regulatory
approval normally relies on animal experiments. Stronger penalties apply
where animal testing is core, repeated, non-optional, or avoidable;
documented cruelty-free or non-animal methods reduce or eliminate the
penalty. Range: -8 to 0.
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-5 |
University of Texas System's public record makes Animal Testing relevant through affordability, public governance, no-tuition structure, student debt exposure, animal research, campus… Linked evidence
|
Accountability Opacity
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Material opacity, reputation laundering, or hidden accountability
structures that prevent public accountability. Range: -2 to 0.
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-2 |
University of Texas System's public record makes Accountability Opacity relevant through affordability, public governance, no-tuition structure, student debt exposure, animal research,… Linked evidence
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Surveillance Capture
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Invasive surveillance, unreasonably non-optional tracking, facial
recognition, biometric identification, or AI behavior scanning of
customers, workers, bystanders, or the public. Range: -5 to 0.
|
-1 |
University of Texas System's public record makes Surveillance Capture relevant through affordability, public governance, no-tuition structure, student debt exposure, animal research, campus… Linked evidence
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Ideological Disavowal
?
Concealed ideology presented as neutrality, expertise, professional
necessity, public-service administration, market inevitability, or
non-ideological common sense while exercising power. Range: -3 to 0.
|
-2 |
University of Texas System's public record makes Ideological Disavowal relevant through affordability, public governance, no-tuition structure, student debt exposure, animal research,… Linked evidence
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Bonus Credits
No bonus credits applied in this version.
Confidence Basis
Confidence Basis
Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.
High 85/100
15 verified linked claims 15 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 15/15 components covered
This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.
Claim confidence 16/20
15 verified linked claims
Source quality 16/18
Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability
Direct axis-specific claims 14/18
15 direct claims across 15 active components
Dispute load 12/12
0 disputed claims on this entity
Recency 10/10
Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026
Reviewer status 7/12
Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding
Component coverage 10/10
15/15 evidence-bearing components have direct support
Evidence State
Evidence State
Claims and Sources
Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.1University of Texas System's public record identifies it as a public, private nonprofit, for-profit, community-college, land-grant, or online higher-education institution.
- University of Texas System Regents' RulesPrimary institutional record · 90%
2University of Texas System's public record shows whether binding authority sits with regents, trustees, elected/public bodies, governors, executives, or private owners rather than with students and ordinary workers.
- University of Texas System Regents' RulesPrimary institutional record · 90%
3University of Texas System's tuition, fee, aid, no-tuition, or online-pricing model determines how much education cost is shifted to students and families versus absorbed by public subsidy, endowment, donors, or the institution.
- UT Austin tuition and feesPrimary institutional record · 90%
4University of Texas System's public governance materials do not show ordinary faculty, staff, or student workers holding full binding democratic control over the institution.
- University of Texas System Regents' RulesPrimary institutional record · 90%
5University of Texas System's access model affects people seeking credentials, retraining, transfer pathways, career mobility, or adult education during economically vulnerable periods.
- UT Austin tuition and feesPrimary institutional record · 90%
6University of Texas System's public model shows whether the institution absorbs education cost through public subsidy, endowment, philanthropy, or low tuition, or instead passes risk to students through tuition bills and debt exposure.
- UT Austin tuition and feesPrimary institutional record · 90%
7University of Texas System operates in credential markets where students face asymmetric information, switching costs, sunk credits, admissions pressure, and debt-financed purchasing decisions.
- UT System institutionsPrimary institutional record · 90%
8University of Texas System's core service has real education, research, transfer, workforce, medical, or public-service value, but integrity depends on access, quality, cost, academic freedom, and student outcomes.
- University of Texas System Regents' RulesPrimary institutional record · 90%
9University of Texas System's scale makes its decisions consequential for students, workers, public budgets, local communities, patients, research subjects, or credential markets.
- University of Texas System Regents' RulesPrimary institutional record · 90%
10University of Texas System's public record makes Ecological Harm relevant through affordability, public governance, no-tuition structure, student debt exposure, animal research, campus footprint, lobbying, online monitoring, identity formation, or institutional neutrality claims.
- UT System institutionsPrimary institutional record · 90%
11University of Texas System's public record makes Policy Capture relevant through affordability, public governance, no-tuition structure, student debt exposure, animal research, campus footprint, lobbying, online monitoring, identity formation, or institutional neutrality claims.
- UT System institutionsPrimary institutional record · 90%
12University of Texas System's public record makes Animal Testing relevant through affordability, public governance, no-tuition structure, student debt exposure, animal research, campus footprint, lobbying, online monitoring, identity formation, or institutional neutrality claims.
- UT System institutionsPrimary institutional record · 90%
13University of Texas System's public record makes Accountability Opacity relevant through affordability, public governance, no-tuition structure, student debt exposure, animal research, campus footprint, lobbying, online monitoring, identity formation, or institutional neutrality claims.
- UT System institutionsPrimary institutional record · 90%
14University of Texas System's public record makes Surveillance Capture relevant through affordability, public governance, no-tuition structure, student debt exposure, animal research, campus footprint, lobbying, online monitoring, identity formation, or institutional neutrality claims.
- UT System institutionsPrimary institutional record · 90%
15University of Texas System's public record makes Ideological Disavowal relevant through affordability, public governance, no-tuition structure, student debt exposure, animal research, campus footprint, lobbying, online monitoring, identity formation, or institutional neutrality claims.
- UT System institutionsPrimary institutional record · 90%
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